New Whitefish/cisco netting dates

[Lee Borgersen]

Whitefish, cisco sport netting dates announced for Shagawa, Ojibway and Bear Island lakes

 
(Released November 3, 2014)

Additional opening dates have been set for whitefish and cisco (tullibee) sport netting on area lakes, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Tower area fisheries office.Lakes open to whitefish and cisco sport netting Tuesday, Nov. 4 through Saturday, Nov. 29:

Shagawa Lake* (St. Louis County) requires a 3-1/2 inch or greater net stretch measure.
*Shagawa Lake is listed as infested with spiny waterflea. New this year, nets and equipment in infested waters may not be used in any other body of water unless they have been frozen for at least two days, or dried for at least 10 days. Nets should be transported in sealed or watertight containers to a location away from the water where they can be frozen or dried.

Lakes open to whitefish and cisco sport netting Wednesday, Nov. 26 through Friday, Dec. 26:

Ojibway (Lake County) requires a 1-3/4 inch or greater net stretch measure.
Bear Island (St. Louis County) requires a 1-3/4 inch or greater net stretch measure.
Opening dates for netting are determined based on fish abundance, climatic conditions and vulnerability of game fish.

Fishing regulations require that:

A whitefish netting license is purchased.
Nets are set after sunrise on the opening day and removed before sunset on the closing day.
Only one gill net is used, not exceeding 100 feet in length and 3 feet in width.
One end of the gill net must have a pole, stake or buoy projecting at least two feet above the surface of the water or ice.
Gill nets must have an identification tag attached near the first float of the end with the pole, stake or buoy.
Identification tags must be a minimum of 2½ inches by 5/8 inch, permanently bearing the name and address of the owner.
Gill nets may not be set after sunset or raised before sunrise.
Gill nets must be set and lifted by the licensee only, and must be tended at least once every 24 hours.
A gill net or any part of a gill net may not be set in any waters deeper than 6 feet, measured from the lake bottom to the top surface of the water or ice.
A gill net may not be set within 50 feet of another gill net.
Whitefish and ciscoes taken by sport gill netting may not be bought or sold.
Gill nets must have a minimum gill net mesh size of 1-¾ or 3-½ inch net stretch measure, depending on the lake. (Net stretch measure means the interior distance between opposite knots or corners of a single mesh of net, take between the thumb and forefinger and applying enough pressure laterally to allow the opposite sides of the mesh to touch.)
In most cases cisco may not be recreationally harvested and used as bait due to recent changes in rules aimed at preventing the spread of fish disease.  See fishing regulations on bait and Lake Superior for details.

Aquatic invasive species transport laws apply to netters during the fall and winter months just as they would for anglers during warm season angling. Before leaving any water access, licensees must: remove all plants from nets, trailers and other equipment; inspect nets and other gear for prohibited invasive species like zebra mussels, and remove them; and drain water from boats and livewells.

About 700 people obtain special permits to net for whitefish-tullibee each year. The DNR bases netting schedules on expected water temperatures. As the water temperature cools, game fish head to deeper water and whitefish-tullibee come to shallow water for fall spawning. Netting is allowed when there is little chance that game fish populations would be negatively impacted by recreational netting in shallow water.

Minnesota law restricts the size of the net and its openings; requires that netting be done in water not deeper than 6 feet unless specifically authorized; stipulates that netted fish cannot be sold; and requires that only rough fish caught in the net may be kept. State law also limits net size to 100 feet long and 3 feet wide; allows one person to use no more than one net; and forbids recreational netters from possessing angling equipment when netting whitefish-tullibee.

For more information about sport netting and fishing regulations, visit www.mndnr.gov/regulations/fishing/index.html, then click on the whitefish and ciscoes sport gillnetting regulations, or contact the DNR’s Tower area office at 218-753-2580.

[dew2]

  How bout Green Lake in Kandiyohi county??I missed last years season! This year I hope to set my one net.It should be soon? I havent covered or winterized the 14ft lund with the tullies season in mind.


 

Whitefish, cisco sport netting dates announced for Shagawa, Ojibway and Bear Island lakes

 
(Released November 3, 2014)

Additional opening dates have been set for whitefish and cisco (tullibee) sport netting on area lakes, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Tower area fisheries office.Lakes open to whitefish and cisco sport netting Tuesday, Nov. 4 through Saturday, Nov. 29:

Shagawa Lake* (St. Louis County) requires a 3-1/2 inch or greater net stretch measure.
*Shagawa Lake is listed as infested with spiny waterflea. New this year, nets and equipment in infested waters may not be used in any other body of water unless they have been frozen for at least two days, or dried for at least 10 days. Nets should be transported in sealed or watertight containers to a location away from the water where they can be frozen or dried.

Lakes open to whitefish and cisco sport netting Wednesday, Nov. 26 through Friday, Dec. 26:

Ojibway (Lake County) requires a 1-3/4 inch or greater net stretch measure.
Bear Island (St. Louis County) requires a 1-3/4 inch or greater net stretch measure.
Opening dates for netting are determined based on fish abundance, climatic conditions and vulnerability of game fish.

Fishing regulations require that:

A whitefish netting license is purchased.
Nets are set after sunrise on the opening day and removed before sunset on the closing day.
Only one gill net is used, not exceeding 100 feet in length and 3 feet in width.
One end of the gill net must have a pole, stake or buoy projecting at least two feet above the surface of the water or ice.
Gill nets must have an identification tag attached near the first float of the end with the pole, stake or buoy.
Identification tags must be a minimum of 2½ inches by 5/8 inch, permanently bearing the name and address of the owner.
Gill nets may not be set after sunset or raised before sunrise.
Gill nets must be set and lifted by the licensee only, and must be tended at least once every 24 hours.
A gill net or any part of a gill net may not be set in any waters deeper than 6 feet, measured from the lake bottom to the top surface of the water or ice.
A gill net may not be set within 50 feet of another gill net.
Whitefish and ciscoes taken by sport gill netting may not be bought or sold.
Gill nets must have a minimum gill net mesh size of 1-¾ or 3-½ inch net stretch measure, depending on the lake. (Net stretch measure means the interior distance between opposite knots or corners of a single mesh of net, take between the thumb and forefinger and applying enough pressure laterally to allow the opposite sides of the mesh to touch.)
In most cases cisco may not be recreationally harvested and used as bait due to recent changes in rules aimed at preventing the spread of fish disease.  See fishing regulations on bait and Lake Superior for details.

Aquatic invasive species transport laws apply to netters during the fall and winter months just as they would for anglers during warm season angling. Before leaving any water access, licensees must: remove all plants from nets, trailers and other equipment; inspect nets and other gear for prohibited invasive species like zebra mussels, and remove them; and drain water from boats and livewells.

About 700 people obtain special permits to net for whitefish-tullibee each year. The DNR bases netting schedules on expected water temperatures. As the water temperature cools, game fish head to deeper water and whitefish-tullibee come to shallow water for fall spawning. Netting is allowed when there is little chance that game fish populations would be negatively impacted by recreational netting in shallow water.

Minnesota law restricts the size of the net and its openings; requires that netting be done in water not deeper than 6 feet unless specifically authorized; stipulates that netted fish cannot be sold; and requires that only rough fish caught in the net may be kept. State law also limits net size to 100 feet long and 3 feet wide; allows one person to use no more than one net; and forbids recreational netters from possessing angling equipment when netting whitefish-tullibee.

For more information about sport netting and fishing regulations, visit www.mndnr.gov/regulations/fishing/index.html, then click on the whitefish and ciscoes sport gillnetting regulations, or contact the DNR’s Tower area office at 218-753-2580.

[Lee Borgersen]

Fisheries Lake Survey
 

Name: Green

Nearest Town: Spicer
Primary County: Kandiyohi
Survey Date: 07/29/2013
Inventory Number: 34007900



A broad band (3-36 feet) of ideal temperatures (<74 F) and dissolved oxygen levels (>3 ppm) for tullibee were present in Green during late July and early August of 2013. Although conditions were present for a major tullibee summer kill in 2012, none was observed probably due to low numbers of adults present in the population. A few local residents reported a minor summer kill of dead tullibee near shore areas of Green during 2011. We observed only a few dead tullibee during the 2011 population assessment. A major summer kill of tullibee occurred during the same time period on nearby Lake Koronis in 2011. Green had been the only lake in the Spicer Area open to the public for fall gillnetting of tullibee during late November or early December each year since the late 1980's. Green Lake was not opened for tullibee gillnetting in 2012 or 2013 due to the low numbers sampled in recent years. Tullibee are an important forage fish for trophy northern pike in Green.

  Don't have any info on the 2014 gill netting.

[dew2]

 Well news to me it was closed,Could have swore we were there in 2012? Maybe not I started the long road to my neck repair in 2011 first surgery then the final last June.
 The DNR is right in Spicer I'll just have to stop and ask whats up.I sure do like tullies smoked